Dr. Bernard
Powers, Professor
College of Charleston, Department of History
College of Charleston, Department of History
Courses:
Fall 2009
Graduate HIST 523.090
Afro-American History
HIST 216.001
HIST 201.001
Spring 2010:TBA
Contact:
Bernard E. Powers, Jr., Professor of History; Director of African-American Studies
Email:powersb@cofc.edu
Department of History
Office:Maybank 323
Phone: 953-8127
(United States, African-American) received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1982. His major work is Black Charlestonians: A Social History 1822-1885, (University of Arkansas Press,1994). which won a Choice Award for Best Academic Books in 1995. His article "Community Evolution and Race Relations in Reconstruction Charleston, S.C." was selected as one of the "Three Articles From A Century of Excellence" Centennial Volume 1900-2000 of The South Carolina Historical Magazine 101 (July 2000): 214-233. He is presently conducting research on the history of the A.M.E. Church in South Carolina.
Fall 2008
Drayton Hall
Bowen Commemoration Speaker. read more...
Delta Beta Boule Lecture:
Public Policy Forum and Lecture "African American Freedom and Justice in 2008". read more...
Public Policy Forum and Lecture "African American Freedom and Justice in 2008". read more...
Spring 2008
FOCUS on FACULTY Powers interviewed on the proposed African American Museum
Fall 2007
Research of Professor Powers on the life of Drayton Hall slaves. read more...
Drayton Hall's history, research and preservation
